diff --git a/package/opkg/Makefile b/package/opkg/Makefile
index 81f7b4a4a..45f8e6073 100644
--- a/package/opkg/Makefile
+++ b/package/opkg/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=opkg-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://opkg.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR).tar.gz
 PKG_FIXUP = libtool
+
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
 
 define Package/opkg
   SECTION:=base
@@ -79,4 +81,27 @@ define Build/InstallDev
 	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/libopkg $(1)/usr/include/
 endef
 
+
+HOST_BUILD_DEPENDS:=libtool/host
+
+HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS+= \
+	--disable-curl \
+	--disable-gpg \
+	--with-opkgetcdir=/etc \
+	--with-opkglockfile=/tmp/opkg.lock
+
+define Host/Configure
+	(cd $(HOST_BUILD_DIR); autoreconf -v --install || exit 1)
+	$(call Host/Configure/Default)
+endef
+
+define Host/Compile
+	$(MAKE) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) CC="$(HOSTCC)" all
+endef
+
+define Host/Install
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/src/opkg-cl $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/opkg
+endef
+
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,opkg))
+$(eval $(call HostBuild))
diff --git a/package/opkg/patches/014-add-force-run-hooks.patch b/package/opkg/patches/014-add-force-run-hooks.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cbf9de33b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/opkg/patches/014-add-force-run-hooks.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+--- a/libopkg/opkg_conf.c
++++ b/libopkg/opkg_conf.c
+@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ opkg_option_t options[] = {
+ 	  { "force_reinstall", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, &_conf.force_reinstall },
+ 	  { "force_space", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, &_conf.force_space },
+           { "check_signature", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, &_conf.check_signature }, 
++	  { "force_run_hooks", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, &_conf.force_run_hooks },
+ 	  { "ftp_proxy", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_STRING, &_conf.ftp_proxy },
+ 	  { "http_proxy", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_STRING, &_conf.http_proxy },
+ 	  { "no_proxy", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_STRING, &_conf.no_proxy },
+--- a/libopkg/opkg_conf.h
++++ b/libopkg/opkg_conf.h
+@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ struct opkg_conf
+      int force_space;
+      int force_removal_of_dependent_packages;
+      int force_removal_of_essential_packages;
++     int force_run_hooks;
+      int check_signature;
+      int nodeps; /* do not follow dependencies */
+      char *offline_root;
+--- a/libopkg/pkg.c
++++ b/libopkg/pkg.c
+@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ pkg_run_script(pkg_t *pkg, const char *s
+ 
+      /* XXX: FEATURE: When conf->offline_root is set, we should run the
+ 	maintainer script within a chroot environment. */
+-     if (conf->offline_root) {
++     if (conf->offline_root && !conf->force_run_hooks) {
+           opkg_msg(INFO, "Offline root mode: not running %s.%s.\n",
+ 			  pkg->name, script);
+ 	  return 0;
+--- a/src/opkg-cl.c
++++ b/src/opkg-cl.c
+@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ enum {
+ 	ARGS_OPT_FORCE_REMOVAL_OF_DEPENDENT_PACKAGES,
+ 	ARGS_OPT_FORCE_REMOVAL_OF_ESSENTIAL_PACKAGES,
+ 	ARGS_OPT_FORCE_SPACE,
++	ARGS_OPT_FORCE_RUN_HOOKS,
+ 	ARGS_OPT_NOACTION,
+ 	ARGS_OPT_DOWNLOAD_ONLY,
+ 	ARGS_OPT_NODEPS,
+@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ static struct option long_options[] = {
+ 		ARGS_OPT_FORCE_REMOVAL_OF_ESSENTIAL_PACKAGES},
+ 	{"force_removal_of_essential_packages", 0, 0,
+ 		ARGS_OPT_FORCE_REMOVAL_OF_ESSENTIAL_PACKAGES},
++	{"force-run-hooks", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_FORCE_RUN_HOOKS},
++	{"force_run_hooks", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_FORCE_RUN_HOOKS},
+ 	{"noaction", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_NOACTION},
+ 	{"download-only", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_DOWNLOAD_ONLY},
+ 	{"nodeps", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_NODEPS},
+@@ -153,6 +156,9 @@ args_parse(int argc, char *argv[])
+ 		case ARGS_OPT_FORCE_SPACE:
+ 			conf->force_space = 1;
+ 			break;
++		case ARGS_OPT_FORCE_RUN_HOOKS:
++			conf->force_run_hooks = 1;
++			break;
+ 		case ARGS_OPT_NODEPS:
+ 			conf->nodeps = 1;
+ 			break;
+@@ -242,6 +248,7 @@ usage()
+ 	printf("\t--force-overwrite	Overwrite files from other package(s)\n");
+ 	printf("\t--force-downgrade	Allow opkg to downgrade packages\n");
+ 	printf("\t--force-space		Disable free space checks\n");
++	printf("\t--force-run-hooks	Run postinstall scripts even in offline mode\n");
+ 	printf("\t--noaction		No action -- test only\n");
+ 	printf("\t--download-only	No action -- download only\n");
+ 	printf("\t--nodeps		Do not follow dependencies\n");